Yvette (given name)
Encyclopedia
Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves
, which means yew
or archer
in some cases.
Yves (given name)
Yves is a common French male given name that is derived from the Indo-European root "iwa" which gave "uvos" in Gaulish...
, which means yew
Taxus
Taxus is a genus of yews, small coniferous trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 1-40 m, with trunk diameters of up to 4 m...
or archer
Archery
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...
in some cases.
Name variants
- Slovak: Iveta, Yvetta
- Catalan: Ivette, Ivet
- Czech: Iveta
- German: Ivette, Yvette
- Hungarian: Ivett
- Dutch: Ivette
- English: Yvette
- French: Yvette
- Spanish: Yvette
- Spanish (Mexico): Iveth
- Polish: Iweta
Name Days
- Czech: 7th June
- Hungarian: 13th January, 6th May and 29th June
- Polish: 13th January
- Slovak: 27th May
Famous bearers
- Yvette AlexanderYvette AlexanderYvette M. Alexander is a Democratic politician in Washington, D.C. She has represented Ward 7 on the Council of the District of Columbia since she won a special election in 2007.-Education:...
, U.S. politician - Yvette AndréyorYvette AndréyorYvette Andréyor was a French actress of the silent era. She appeared in 108 films between 1910 and 1962.She was born and died in Paris, France.-Selected filmography:* Fantômas * Judex...
, French silent film actress - Yvette BakerYvette BakerYvette Baker is Britain's most successful orienteer. At the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness she won the short distance event.- Biography :...
, British orienteer - Yvette BiroYvette BiroYvette Biro Ph.D. - Essayist, Screen-writer, and Professor Emeritus at New York University Graduate Film School .Her early books on the aesthetics of film were first published in her native Hungary, which became handbooks for film-schools in the country. Meanwhile she worked on a dozen of...
, Hungarian essayist, screenwriter, and professor emerita - Yvette Brind'AmourYvette Brind'AmourYvette Brind'Amour, was a Quebec actor.In 1949, she co-founded, with Mercedes Palomino, the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, Quebec’s oldest French theatre, in Montreal where she was born. She was artistic director until her death....
, Canadian actor - Yvette CasonYvette CasonYvette Cason is an American television, theatre, and film actress, and a former Miss Black America from Washington, D.C. She was an understudy for the character of Effie White in the original 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls. In 2006, she played May, the mother of Deena Jones, portrayed by...
, U.S. film and television actress - Yvette ChauviréYvette ChauviréYvette Chauviré is a French prima ballerina who was born in Paris. Her dancing career was from 1937 to 1972. She celebrated her 90th birthday in 2007. She was the étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet, and later its director. She is also the holder of the Légion d'Honneur...
, French prima ballerina - Yvette Clarke, U.S. politician
- Yvette CooperYvette CooperYvette Cooper is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 2010, having previously been MP for Pontefract and Castleford since 1997. She served in the Cabinet between 2008 and 2010. She is the Shadow Home Secretary...
, British politician - Yvette D'AthYvette D'AthYvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2007, representing the Division of Petrie....
, Australian politician - Yvette DevereauxYvette DevereauxYvette Devereaux is an American violinist, conductor and Director at the South Pasadena Music Center and Conservatory in Pasadena, California. She was the first African American woman to attain a conductor's degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. She was honored by the city of Los Angeles...
, U.S. conductor - Yvette DotriceYvette DotriceYvette Dotrice is an English actress known for her role as Wendy Crisp during the 25-year run of the television soap opera Crossroads.Dotrice is the daughter of Shakespearean actors Roy and Kay Dotrice. Her sisters, Karen and Michele, also are actresses....
, English actress - Yvette EspinosaYvette EspinosaYvette Espinosa Born in England - daughter of Eve Louise Kelland and Edouard Espinosa, founder of the British Ballet Organisation.Following her success as a performer and teacher, she joined her brother, Edward Kelland-Espinosa, in devoting her career to developing the BBO and raising the standard...
, English ballerina and ballet teacher - Yvette EstermannYvette EstermannYvette Estermann born as Gavlasova is a Swiss politician and member of the National Council from the Canton of Lucerne....
, Swiss politician - Yvette FieldingYvette FieldingYvette Fielding is a British broadcaster, producer and actress. She is best known for being the presenter of the TV shows Blue Peter, Most Haunted and Ghosthunting With....-Early life and career:...
, British broadcaster and actress - Yvette FreemanYvette FreemanYvette Freeman is an American actress best known for her role as Haleh Adams, a registered nurse, on the NBC drama ER...
, U.S. actress - Yvette GiraudYvette GiraudYvette Giraud is a French singer, born in Paris. She started singing in 1946 with "Mademoiselle Hortensia" ou La Danseuse est Créole...
, French singer - Yvette GirouardYvette GirouardYvette Girouard is the head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers softball team.Girouard began coaching at Lafayette High School in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1977. In 1980, she coached at her alma mater, Comeaux High School, before starting the softball program at the University of Southwestern Louisiana...
, U.S. softball coach - Yvette GuilbertYvette GuilbertYvette Guilbert was a French cabaret singer and actress of the Belle Époque.-Biography:...
, French cabaret singer and actress - Yvette HigginsYvette HigginsYvette Higgins is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Higgins scored the winning goal during the gold medal game with 1.3 seconds left on the clock....
, Australian waterpolo player - Yvette JarvisYvette JarvisYvette Jarvis, a 1979 magna cum laude graduate of Boston University, came to Greece in 1982 as an accomplished basketball player, to play for Panathinaikos...
, U.S./Greek athlete, politician, actress and model - Yvette KaneYvette KaneYvette Kane is a United States District Court Judge in the middle district of Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:Kane was born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. After graduating high school at age 15, Kane received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Nicholls State University in 1973 and a J.D...
, U.S. judge - Yvette Lee BowserYvette Lee BowserYvette Denise Lee Bowser is an American television writer and producer. She is perhaps best known for writing and producing Half & Half, Living Single, and A Different World...
, U.S. television writer and producer - Yvette LuYvette LuYvette Lu, M.D. is a Canadian independent film and stage actress, filmmaker, singer, composer, writer and producer, as well as a licensed family physician. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Lu has starred in many independent films, most notably Food for the Gods and Servants of War...
, Canadian independent film and stage actress, singer, composer, writer and producer - Yvette MicheleYvette MicheleYvette Michele is an American R&B singer who released her debut album, My Dream, on August 26, 1997 on the RCA record label, which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200...
, U.S. R&B singer - Yvette MimieuxYvette MimieuxYvette Carmen Mimieux is a retired American movie and television actress.-Early life and career:Yvette Mimieux was born in Los Angeles, California, to a French father and Mexican mother, Carmen Montemayor...
, U.S. film and television actress - Yvette NelsonYvette NelsonYvette Stefens Nelson is an American model, actress and Singer-songwriter.-Television and film roles:*The Tonight Show with Jay Leno *Lingerie Bowl *Medium, episode - "In Sickness and Adultery"...
, U.S. model, actress and singer/songwriter - Yvette Nicole BrownYvette Nicole BrownYvette Nicole Brown is an American actress and comedian. Brown has appeared in various commercials, television shows, and films throughout her career...
, U.S. actress - Yvette of HuyYvette of HuyYvette of Huy was a venerated Christian prophetess and anchoress. Born in Huy, Belgium, she was also known as Ivetta, Jufta or Jutta of Huy.-Life:...
, Christian prophetess and anchoress - Yvette RachelleYvette RachelleYvette Rachelle is an actress and model.- Early life :Rachelle was raised in California, Hawaii and Europe. Her mother is from Sweden.- Modeling :...
, U.S. actress and model - Yvette Rekangali, Gabonese politician
- Yvette RosserYvette RosserYvette Rosser is an American author and scholar.Yvette Rosser was born on January 31, 1952. Her Master's thesis in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas examined the treatment of India in the social studies curriculum and how India and Hinduism are described in academic...
, U.S. author and scholar - Yvette Sylvander, one half of Swedish cover model twins Yvette and Yvonne SylvanderYvette and Yvonne SylvanderYvette and Yvonne Sylvander are Swedish twins who were the cover models who appeared as the first multi-subject Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue models. They appeared together on the swimsuit issue cover of the January 19, 1976 issue. They also appeared in the magazine.-Notes:...
- Yvette TollarYvette TollarYvette Tollar is a Canadian jazz vocalist from Toronto, Ontario. She has released two full length CDs, Cactus Flowers and Ima . Ima was a nominee for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the 2009 Juno Awards....
, Canadian jazz vocalist - Yvette VickersYvette VickersYvette Iola Vickers was an American actress, pin-up model and singer.-Early life and career:...
, U.S. actress, pin-up model and singer - Yvette WilliamsYvette WilliamsYvette Winifred Williams, CNZM, MBE is a retired athlete from New Zealand, the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal. She won her Olympic gold medal in the Long Jump event in 1952 held at Helsinki.Williams was inducted into the New Zealand Hall of Fame in 1990...
, New Zealand athlete - Yvette WilsonYvette WilsonYvette Wilson in Los Angeles, California is an American comedian and actress. She is best known for her role as Andell Wilkerson on the UPN sitcom Moesha and its spinoff The Parkers. She has appeared on many comedy films such as House Party 2, House Party 3, Friday, and on Russell Simmons' Def...
, U.S. comedian and actress - Iweta RajlichIweta RajlichIweta Rajlich is a Polish chess International Master and Woman Grandmaster, multiple winner of Women Chess Championships of Poland. As of April 2009, she is the 54th ranked female chess player in the world with an Elo rating of 2424.She married Vasik Rajlich on 19 August 2006. Vasik is the author...
, Polish master of chess - Iveta BenešováIveta BenešováIveta Benešová is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won two WTA Tour events and one Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Jürgen Melzer at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.-2006–2008:In the 2006 Australian...
, Czech tennis player - Iveta LutovskáIveta LutovskáIveta Lutovská is a pageant titleholder from Czech Republic.-Pageantry:Iveta previously held the title of Miss Model of the World 2007 and most recently was crowned Czech Miss 2009...
, Czech Miss 2009 and model - Iveta Bartošová, Czech pop singer
- Yvetta HlaváčováYvetta HlavácováYvetta Hlaváčová is a Czech national team member in long-distance swimming and women’s world record holder from swimming the English Channel in a time of 7 h, 25 mins...
, Czech swimmer - Yvetta Blanarovičová, Slovak actress
- Iveta Toušlová, Czech moderator
- Iveta Kořínková, Czech redactor and moderator of TV Nova
- Yvetta Simonová, Czech swing and opera singer and actress
- Iveta Kadlecová, Czech painter
- Iveta Kulhavá, Czech photographer
- Iveta Dušková, Czech actress
- Iveta Lažanská, Czech author of Girl novels
- Yvette Nipar, American actress
Fictional characters named Yvette
- Yvette Carte-BlancheYvette Carte-BlancheYvette Carte-Blanche is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!, which ran from 1982 to 1992. She was played by the actress Vicki Michelle....
, a fictional character in the British comedy series 'Allo 'Allo!'Allo 'Allo!'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama Secret Army, and was created by David Croft, who also wrote the theme music, and Jeremy Lloyd. Lloyd and Croft wrote the first 6... - Yvette, the codename of the fictional organiser of the Belgian escape organisation for allied bomber pilots, Lifeline, in the BBC television series Secret ArmySecret Army (TV series)Secret Army is a television drama series made by the BBC and the Belgian national broadcaster BRT created by Gerard Glaister. The series chronicled the history of a Belgian resistance movement during the Second World War dedicated to returning Allied airmen, usually having been shot down by the...
- Yvette Saywell, the protagonist of D.H. Lawrence's The Virgin and the Gipsy
- Yvette, The maid and secondary character out of the movie ClueClueClue may refer to:* Cluedo , a crime fiction board game** Clue , based on the board game** Clue , based on the board game** Clue , based on the board game...